Integrated+Instruction,+Language+and+Content

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 *  **ESL Teachers**. The ESL teacher is responsible for ELL students' development of English language proficiency, both socially and academically. English language proficiency includes skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing English as defined in the English Language Proficiency Benchmarks and Outcomes (ELPBO). In a content-based ESL curriculum, the ESL teacher integrates the academic language encountered by ELLs in content classrooms with the English as a second language curriculum.
 * ** Sheltered Content Teachers. ** The sheltered content teacher is responsible for teaching the content of the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks to all students, including ELLs. A sheltered content teachers has the skills and knowledge necessary to adapt and to shelter content appropriately for ELLs. A sheltered content teacher is able to analyze the language demands of the content being taught and to address those language demands in his/her lesson plans.
 * ** Shared Roles. ** The ESL teacher and the sheltered content teacher are both responsible for integrating English language development activities and subject matter content into their lesson plans and instruction.
 * **Language Driven……………………………….………………………………………………………………………….………Content Driven** ||   ||
 * **MODE**  ||||||||   **TYPE OF INSTRUCTION**   ||
 * ^  ||  **Traditional ESL**  ||||  **Sheltered English Immersion**  ||  **Total Content Immersion**  ||
 * ^  ||  //Direct ESL Instruction//  ||  //Content-Based ESL//  ||  //Sheltered Content Courses//  ||  //Content Courses//  ||
 * **Instructor**  || **Instructor** is a language teacher.

Has strong background in language acquisition. || ===== Instructor is a language teacher. =====

Has strong background in second language acquisition (SLA) pedagogy; needs opportunities to become skilled in content-appropriate instructional strategies. || **Instructor** is a content teacher.

Has strong background in content knowledge and pedagogy; needs opportunities to become skilled in language pedagogy and sheltering content instruction (SLA). || **Instructor** is a content teacher.

Has strong background in content knowledge and pedagogy. ||
 * **Instruction**  || **Instruction** does not generally include content-area concepts, tasks, or materials.

Great freedom in selection of optional content if it is used.

Language focus predetermined by district ESL curriculum based on ELPBO. Use of mostly explicit language instruction. || **Instruction** uses concepts, tasks, and materials from //several// content areas as vehicles for language teaching.

Some freedom in selection of content, depending on sheltered content classrooms’ content choices, student interest, connection to language objectives, and teacher comfort level.

Language focus predetermined by district ESL curriculum based on ELPBO. Use of both implicit and explicit language instruction. || **Instruction** involves concepts, tasks, and materials from //one// content area.

Little freedom in selection of content, which is generally predetermined by district curriculum.

Much freedom in selecting language focus. Use of mostly implicit language instruction. || **Instruction** involves concepts, tasks, and materials from //one// content area.

Little freedom in selection of content, which is generally predetermined by district curriculum.

No language focus or specific language instruction. ||
 * **Assessment**  || **Assessment** exclusively measures language growth. || **Assessment** measures language growth. However, since language is not taught in a vacuum and assessment is tied to instruction, aspects of content knowledge may be included in assessment. || **Assessment** measures mastery of content but may also include aspects of language acquisition. || **Assessment** exclusively measures mastery of content. ||